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  • Sometimes, she even thinks about making art and books, but when she looks into those thirsty, beady kangaroo-like eyes, she knows she must put down the pen and put the kettle back on.

    how a blog was born « paper fruit 2010

  • Considerably larger than the pair of intruders she'd already coped with, it squatted before her on thickly muscled, kangaroo-like legs, its flat fish face regarding her blandly.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • A 5-foot tall kangaroo-like animal has been reported several times in the vicinity of the Pensacola (FL) Junior College.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • The strange, waddling gait, the kangaroo-like tail and the brown bands across the back remind us of the remarkable thylacine.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine.

    Archive 2009-06-21 Bill Crider 2009

  • A kangaroo-like marsupial (let's be honest, most likely someone's pet wallaby) has been reported along U.S. 90 near Bay St. Louis, MS.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine.

    Why Can't They Just Say No? Bill Crider 2009

  • These are tiny kangaroo-like creatures - well not tiny but about 1.5 feet tall.

    Archive 2006-08-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006

  • These are tiny kangaroo-like creatures - well not tiny but about 1.5 feet tall.

    tasmania WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006

  • Occasionally he passed the twelve-foot, kangaroo-like shape of a Lithian, and the two exchanged glances of frank curiosity, but there were not many Lithians abroad now.

    A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953

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